# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1735 of 24 September 2015 on the precise position of the general warning and the information message on roll-your-own tobacco marketed in pouches (notified under document C(2015) 6455) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2: Position of the general warning and the information message on rectangular pouches

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. For roll-your-own tobacco in rectangular pockets with a flap that covers the opening (‘rectangular pouches’), the general warning and information message shall be printed on the two surfaces which become visible when the unit packet is fully opened, as illustrated in Sections 1 and 2 of the Annex.
The general warning and information message shall be positioned at the top edge and shall cover 50 % of the respective surfaces on which they are printed, as illustrated in Sections 1 and 2 of the Annex.
The general warning shall be printed on the top surface.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, until 20 May 2018, the following rules shall apply to roll-your-own tobacco in rectangular wraparound pouches made of polyethylene, polypropylene or laminate material, as illustrated in Section 3 of the Annex:
(a) the information message may be positioned on the surface that becomes visible when the unit packet is partly unwrapped;
(b) the general warning may be positioned on the bottom surface, which becomes visible when the unit packet is fully opened;
(c) the inside of the flap, which becomes visible when the unit packet is fully opened, shall not be printed upon or used in any other way;
(d) the general warning and information message shall be positioned at the top edge of the respective surfaces on which they are printed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1735/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1735/article-2
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